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A. E. MOSIER. FASTENING FOR GLOVES OR OT HER AR'HGLES.

N0.-3OZ,421. PatentedJuIy ZZ, 1884.-

4, UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

Amson E. MOSIER, or new YORK, n. "Y.

FASTENING FOR GLOVES OR OTHER ARTICLES. V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,421,6latd July 22,1884.

- Application filed January 22, 1884. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALIsoN E. MOSIER, of New York, in the county and State of New .York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in-Fastenings for Gloves'and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to produce a simple, cheap, 'and secure fastening which can be used for gloves and other articles.

My improvementconsists in a fastening composed of two detachable parts-one made in, the form of a longitudinal section of a hollow cylinder, and the other in the form of a bar capable of being fitted into the former..

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a fastening embodying my improvement and shown on an enlarged scale. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the parts of the fastening detached. Fig. 4 is an edge view illustrating one way of engaging and disengaging the parts. Fig. 5 is an edge view illustrating one way of disengaging the parts, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating one mode of engaging and disengaging ing; hence the space between the edges is narrower than the space between the walls just inward of the opening. At the ends the clasp is open. A shank, a, extends from one side of the clasp at about right angles thereto. It is preferably made concavo-convex adjacent to the clasp, to increase its stiffness and prevent it from bending during ordinary usage of the fastening. At the end which is the farther from the clasp it is flattened out to facilitate its attachment to a glove or other article. In the edge of the clasp a which is the farther from the shank a there is a notch, a.

The part B comprises a cylinder, IA, and a shank, 1), extending therefrom at about a right angle. The cylinder bis made by turning or bending the metal around into proper shape. The shank I) adjacent to the shank'is made concavo-convex, but at the end which is the farther from the cylinder b is flattened out to facilitate its attachment to a glove or like article. The cylinder 1) of the part B is externally about the same size as the interior of the clasp a of the part A, and is consequently adapted to fit snugly therein. Preferably the cylinder 1) is longer than the clasp a, so that its ends protrude beyond the same.

The flattened ends of the shanks of the'parts A B may be fastened by rivets to the article with which they are usedr These rivets may be made separately from the parts A B, or they may be made integral therewith and struck up from them.

\Vhen the sides of the clasp a are resilient, the cylinder b may be pushed directly into it and pulled directly out of the opening of the clasp, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Another way of disengaging the cylinder I) from the clasp a when the sides of the latter are resilient is to force the outer flattened end of the shank b rearward, while its inner portion rests on the bottom of the notch a of the clasp as a lever 5. To facilitate the disengagement of the cylinder from the clasp in this way, I preferably make the side of the clasp which is thenearer to the shank with which it is connected a litthe lower than the other side. The sides of clasp, m preferably resilient, and then the cylinder 1) may be forced into it between the edges. Whether the sides of the clasp a are resilient or rigid, the cylinder 1) may be inserted into it and removed from it endwise, as illustrated in Fig. 6. In such case its shank must be held in position to extend above the outer edge of the opening until itarrives opposite the notch a whereupon it is dropped into the same. It then holds the cylinder in position against being removed endwise. Thecylinder may be disengaged from the clasp a,

where the sides are resilient, by grasping the ends of the said cylinder and pulling it out.

When the two parts A Bare interlocked,

rests on a fulcrum, and thus to pry or rock the cylinder out of the clasp, as illustrated in Fig.

they are connected rigidly against movement or adjustment out of line so long as they are in the same or approximately the same plane. Myfastening'is very simple, cheap, and effect- 5 ive, and is capable of use in conjunction withan angle to the axis thereof, substantially as 15 specified.

] 2. A glove-fastener consisting of the part A,

having the clasp a, and thepart B, having the cylinder 1), the said clasp at having resilient sides,rand being adapted to receive the cylinder 1), which is longer than the said clasp, and 20 the ends of which are adapted to protrude beyond the ends of the said clasp, substantially as specified.

ALISON E. MosIER,

WVitnesses: v

T. J. KEANE, D. H. DRISOOLL' 

